Absolutely not. It's called knowing the situation. You're up 2 with less than 10 seconds left. You don't give up a three. At worst case, you head to overtime. It was the stupidest blunder in Piston history.

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Yup.

That's all I was thinking about during the stoppage before that play. "Don't give up a 3.... don't give up a 3.... don't give up a three... WTF?!?!?!??!?!?!"

Hardly. I was saying the exact same thing to my TV BEFORE the play ever started. DO NOT LEAVE ANYONE OPEN FOR A 3!

I have no doubt that he left his man on purpose. He was clearly trying to trap Manu in the corner. It was just a really bad decision.

I don't hate him for it, but I don't have to like it either.

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If you watch the entire game again, you'll probably find similar defensive maneuvers by players on the Pistons, including Sheed. When they happen earlier in the game, they get fogotten, and when they happen late, they go down in history.

If you watch the entire game again, you'll probably find similar defensive maneuvers by players on the Pistons, including Sheed. When they happen earlier in the game, they get fogotten, and when they happen late, they go down in history.

If you watch the entire game again, you'll probably find similar defensive maneuvers by players on the Pistons, including Sheed. When they happen earlier in the game, they get fogotten, and when they happen late, they go down in history.

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Of course, but that's the way it goes. No one is perfect. But, the closer the game is, the later into the game you are, the more magnified every mistake is.

Sheed may have made less mistakes than every other Piston in that game. But he made the biggest one and the one the only one that everyone will remember.

When you're up by 2 points, with 5 seconds left, coming out of a timeout, that can't happen.

I will remember that moment for the rest of my life. As I watched him leave Horry, I just screamed "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

There was not a doubt in my mind that Manu was going to get the ball to Horry. There was not a doubt in my mind that Horry would knock down that shot. There was not a doubt in my mind that the Spurs would win that game. There was not a doubt in my mind that the Pistons would lose that series.

In my mind, all of those things were inevitable as soon as he tried to double Manu. It's just a gut punch everytime I think about that game.